JM

“There is this thing that distance does where it subtracts warm and context and history and each finds that they are arguing with a stranger.”
― Lesley Nneka Arimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

“Like any / unloved thing, I don’t know if I’m real /
when I’m not being touched.”
― Natalie Wee, Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines

“When I talk about owning eloquent rage as your superpower, it comes with the clear caveat that not everyone is worth your time or your rage.”
― Brittney Cooper, Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

“I wake up scared and I'm scared all day. I'm scared of being scared. Scared of "losing it". Scared of not being able to function. Scared of being hospitalized. Scared that I am not okay. Scared of what life is and if I am wasting mine. Scared that I have no home - that even the place I call home has no bottom to it and I will just keep falling under and under and under.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays